More Candy For The Sugar Industry In Recently Approved Farm Bill
Sacramento Bee Column By: Bruce Maiman It’s not a sexy issue. Indeed, with last week’s passage of the farm bill, little can be done about it now, but the inequity, audacity and hypocrisy associated...
View ArticleMark Kirk, Danny Davis Say Federal Support for Sugar Farmers Could Cost Jobs
Associated Press Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and Democratic congressman Danny Davis say they want an end to federal government price protections for sugar farmers. The Farm Bill that passed this...
View ArticleFarm Bill Leaves A Sour Taste
Chicago Tribune Column By: Steve Chapman The name “Chicago,” according to local lore, came from an Indian word meaning “stinky onion.” But for decades the city had a different aroma, wafting from an...
View ArticleSweetener Users Welcome USDA Under Secretary’s Remarks on Sugar Policy, TPP;...
International Dairy Foods Association Press Release The prospects for U.S. sugar policy and opportunities offered by the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership...
View ArticleTrade Agreement Could Sweeten Life for Candy Makers
Wall Street Journal By: Alexandra Wexler U.S. candy makers are hoping that trade partnerships can get them what the farm bill could not—access to more sugar from the global market. U.S. sugar users,...
View ArticleNo Country for Hard Candy: Production Stays in Mexico Until US Adopts ‘Level...
Confectionery News By: Oliver Nieburg U.S. headquartered firm Spangler Candy says it will not move large volumes of its production back to the U.S. from Mexico until the U.S. government creates a...
View ArticleAre Sugar Tariffs Raising the Cost of Your Easter Basket?
Heritage Foundation’s The Foundry Blog Post By: Tori Whiting and Michael F. Mo, Members, Young Leaders Program, The Heritage Foundation Easter has arrived, and so has everyone’s favorite bunny rabbit....
View ArticleSugar Users Cite C.B.O. Forecast of Sugar Program Costs
Food Business News By: Ron Sterk The Coalition for Sugar Reform cited the Congressional Budget Office’s April 2014 Baseline for Farm Programs as further reason to change the U.S. sugar program. “The...
View ArticleSugar Fight Ain’t So Sweet
USA Today Column By: Ike Brannon, Former Chief Economist, House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Current Fellow, George W. Bush Institute American sugar producers have one sweet deal. Under what’s...
View ArticleU.S. Trade Policy Gouges American Sugar Consumers
The Heritage Foundation By: Bryan Riley Abstract: Tariffs and quotas protect U.S. sugar producers from competition by making it costly for American consumers to import sugar from other countries. U.S....
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